Ooh fun!! I've picked MC Ella Oakhall and her 'man of business' Commander Merely to talk about. Theirs is an interesting chemistry - an age difference of 9 years (she is 21, he is 30), a class and power dynamic (she is technically his employer, though he actually doesn't need to work)... 🧵1️⃣/4️⃣

I found this image on Project Gutenberg, and I have a story about it. I saw it 20ish years ago in a small book of love poems a girlfriend bought me, uncaptioned, and knew immediately it must be "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt *me*". Here it is with caption, proving me right! 😊

The difference being well-travelled makes … From ‘Reign, Dear”. #WiPSnips

Could not do "city" nor even "town" for today's #WIPSnips but plenty of occurrences of "village"... Ella Oakhall may have just pushed her luck and insulted Lady Lamont, but at least she has Hannah to assure her she was justified! From my #Regency #Romance #Fantasy crossover WIP #Ellamir

Two out of five households in our lovely Victorian house have got their festive lights up so far - I must go and harry the others! (Mine went up today after fixing a technical problem)

Warlocks are a strange lot … From ‘House Rules’. #WiPSnips

I've gone for a close alternative today - "domineering" - in my #JaneAusten style #Regency #romance X #fantasy crossover WIP, #Ellamir Ella Oakhall, a proto-feminist (but she wouldn't call herself that, of course) doesn't care for the misogynist undertones in discussions with the family physician

I'm going out on a limb for this one to talk about something I feel strongly about: reading and writing smut at the same time as part of ERP (Erotic Roleplay). It's got a bad rap, and for good reason, but when it's done well it can be amazing. This is a great opportunity to talk about it! 🧵1️⃣/5️⃣

It‘s time for a William Morris-moment

Why You’ll Love Star of Shalik… ✨ forbidden magic 🖤 a demon of the dream realm 🍂 a world unraveling 💫Hope you will consider joining my ARC team! 💫 You will receive the book now and have until Feb. 1 to finish and leave a review. Link in bio 💛
#FantasyBooks #WritingCommunity #BookSky

No 'percent' but I've got 'ratio'. Halla and Strope are bonding over cards and beating their friends. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingPrompts

No ‘percent’, but I have ‘fraction’. From ‘Reign, Dear’. #WiPSnips

#Smutcember 2 I suspect my spice comfort level is actually pretty low, generally preferring quite vanilla, emotionally-driven scenes, but I feel like the Spice Scale is multidimensional and there are other avenues I could comfortably explore given the right setting and situation 🧵1️⃣/2️⃣

#Regency period people all knew about each other's income, as there was a standard rate of return in Government stock - 5 percent! But that's not the context I chose for today's #WIPSnips from my #JaneAusten X #Fantasy crossover WIP #Ellamir Lady Lamont and creepy Brother Nicholls are scheming...

Hello, friends! Time for one more announcement...and it's a big one! Hook & Quill Press will be releasing its first book in early 2026. It's a love story wrapped in a supernatural horror wrapped in family drama... BLUDEYE BEACH written by @eliwoodsgheist.com ! #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky

Hi hi #SmutCember - let's get it on... I'm Cameron Malin, and I'll be drawing from sketches for the spicier sections of my WIP #Ellamir, a Jane Austen-style Regency romance crossed over with high fantasy. A lot of this stuff hasn't happened yet in the MS (and therefore in #WIPSnips)! 1️⃣/2️⃣

November had some much real-life nonsense going on that I hardly had time to write or hang out here on Bluesky. I started some fun prompts that I couldn't finish 😔 I'want to make more time for it in December: naturally I'll be trying to do #WIPSnips every day, and also... #Smutcember! 🥰

A glimpse into Halla's life before she arrived in Dragaul for todays #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

A thought about belonging to something, or not … From “House Rules”. #WiPSnips

Hi hi, #WIPSnips! Sorry it's been a while 💙 Today's snippet from my #JaneAusten X #fantasy WIP sees lovely Hannah Wright experiencing the power of the Elven deity Aistra to kindle #romance and love with her soon-to-be #sapphic sweetheart Maqine

An inconceivably tough act to follow!

I vowed to finish my vampire novel this weekend…and I did!!! Sitting at 83k words, the first draft is finished. It needs editing, but my trilogy coming out with Oliver Heber Books next year is DONE! I am so happy and excited. 🥰

Happy Monday, WIPperSnippers! Here's wishing you a wonderful week. Today's #WIPSnips entry from my #JaneAusten X #Fantasy crossover novel #Ellamir sees sweet pretty Hannah - an illegitimate orphan - find someone who doesn't think she should 'know her place' (and is, she finds, extremely fanciable!)

Garderobe considers Murple’s intentions. From ‘The Big Feat’. #WiPSnips

From 'First to Fall', Strope gives Halla a thank you present because that's what friends do. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Only Mel knows about the demon’s nightly visits to Rowynn and they are concerned… #WIPSnips from SoS subbing “give” for “spend” Spoilers blacked out

I plan to do some writing tonight, I have an ambitious target... so I decided to lay the groundwork with some sustenance, some luxury and some inspiration...

@menyoral05.bsky.social A little taste of the Elves in my Regency Fantasy we briefly spoke about a while ago...

For today’s #WIPSnips it’s what the anniversary surprise Gloria got for Isley. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPsnips: ‘week’ ~ never say “never”, Oli. Especially if you’re in a YA novel😉 But I agree with him on chemistry✨ #romancebooks #writesky #writingsky #authorsky #writingprompts #writingcommunity #writers #amwriting #writing #YA

Knitting skills and mythological creatures don’t mix … From ‘Reign, Dear’. #WiPSnips

Today's #WIPSnips entry from #Ellamir - my #JaneAusten X #Fantasy WIP - is the magical moment that we *almost* meet the Elves, feared and maligned by the townsfolk, as they create the perfect setting for Hannah & Maqine's #sapphic #romance to begin #romantasy #fiction #IndieAuthors

I broke through a block I'd had for weeks! And making progress again, thank goodness...

so I forgot to ‘review’ the viral Fix chocolate bar! 🍜🍽️ I really like it✨Probably the tastiest🍫bar I’ve had in a long time Obv the hype leads you to expect it to be *something else* and that’s not the product’s fault—ppl hyped it up to go viral themselves I think it deserves the success its had😋

OUT IN 4 DAYS 📣 A family of royals aims for perfection and tradition, but a series of whirlwind romances could send the veneer of perfection and desire for tradition up in flames. 🌼 cozy vibes 🤫 secret relationships 🌈 queer rep 💕💕💕 3 couples at different stages #P NOV 9 #QuestPit #A #R #F #RF

My main antagonist Lady Lamont may be overbearing, elitist, proud and haughty, but it must be admitted that she is also brave and community-spirited (so long as the community does what she wants) and won't back down from a fight, even if it means allying with her societal adversaries... #Ellamir

After finding two slugs in my dining room this morning, this #wipsnips seemed rather apt. The original, now archived version, of Oula’s first impressions of Cailo. #writesky #writingcommunity #writingprompts

Postal deliveries are becoming slipshod … From ‘The Big Feat’. #WiPSnips

Hi hi, WIPSnippers! Today's #WIPSnips from my WIP #Ellamir uses the synonym "path" Ella Oakhall *says the thing* from the novel's tagline!! 😆 We get the first taste of Miss Oakhall's strong feminist feelings, and an indication of how such things are likely to be received by her polite society...

'Ello again #Novmemeber! Quite a lot of in-jokes, puns and references in #Ellamir Emma Woodhouse/Ella Oakhall Harriet Smith/Hannah Wright Mr Collins/Brother Nicholls (same etymological root) Ford's (the habadashers in Emma) becomes Morris's (both were popular car manufacturers in the 60s)

This finding memes lark as harder than I thought! 😆 Determined to press on with #novmemeber though, cos it's a hoot!! #Ellamir

"Handsome, clever and rich, Miss Ellamir Oakhall lacks neither fortune nor consequence and is decidedly not in want of a husband..." #Ellamir

#Novmemeber 1 Introduce yourself using predictive text. You can try phrasing this in different ways (for example, "I'm ___ and I write about..."). Then tell us what you REALLY write about!

I'm not sure why you need to be in bed super early tomorrow and I write something to do with wearing a hat Well... apparently I'm always making excuses for not going out, but I do write Regency fiction and for many, that does mean wearing a hat... 😆 This is gonna be an absurdly fun month!

Murple gets this a lot … From ‘The Big Feat’. #WiPSnips

No ancestor for today’s #wipsnips but some backstory in Grio and Strope’s grandfather. #writesky#writingcommunity #writingprompts

There all kinds of monsters … From ‘The Big Feat’. #WiPSnips

I can just about squeak in with "Monstrous" for today's #WIPSnips, and we're back at Lady Lamont's morning social. What new horror has arisen to alarm the ladies of Upthorpe Thoroughbourne's polite society? From #Ellamir, my #JaneAusten #Regency #Romance X #Fantasy crossover WIP

Sex scene with Mr Collins, anyone? It's the perfect time for some Austen-inspired fiction & I hugely enjoyed this heartfelt, romantic & v. funny imagining of the life of Charlotte Lucas from @rachelparris.bsky.social (Honestly, don’t let the sex thing put you off, it’s lovely) Out 6 Nov 📚 🌟

In my magic system, we don’t cast spells, we weave elemental threads. Though I do love and appreciate the word spell 🪄✨ #AWIPSnips from SoS subbing “weave” for “spell”.